Toddler keeps saying he hears loud noises even when I there’s no noise

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Hi
my nearly three year old DS keeps saying he hears loud truck noises, even when there is no obvious noise. He keeps asking for reassurance about these noises often and can get quite upset and ask to go outside to check if noise is coming from there. Has anyone else’s toddler experienced this? I’ve had his ears checked and no wax or anything. Just getting slightly worried as he talking about these noises more often. Thanks

Gosh that's weird, and a bit creepy. Good idea to take him to the GP I think. Get his ears checked out.

This is a classic symptom of a brain tumour. I’m so sorry to say this and it most likely isn’t that but you really need to get him seen as soon as possible

Could it just be tinnitus? I’d ask for a referral to Audiology

Thank you for your replies I hope to god it’s just tinnitus and not a tumour, will ring GP in the morning. I’m worried sick

I think you should go back to the GP for investigation.

I’ve low b12 and can hear an engine sound when my b12 is at its lowest.

He doesn’t appear to have any other symptoms of a brain tumour, no sickness, dizziness or headaches. Hearing noises that aren’t there are not too high on the list of brain tumour symptoms.

Remember that children can hear high-pitched noises that we can’t, it may not be anything sinister. I remember being bothered by house noises (fridge, boiler etc) as a small child that my parents couldn’t hear.

When my kids were small they could hear the plugged in mouse deterrent which emits a high pitched noise that adults can't hear?

I was going to say the same. He may just be more sensitive to sounds and a truck is what he’s hearing even if it’s a fridge or the radiators.

Thanks everyone I couldn’t sleep last night thinking about him having a brain tumour, I have an appointment tomorrow with gp. But I think/ hope it is probably just him being sensitive to sounds as suggested by the majority of people who responded. He questions a lot of sounds he hears not just the ones I can’t hear and I have to reassure him. The big fridge at his nana’s is a particular tigger point when I think about it as are the washing machine and dryer. Just spooks me when I can’t hear some of the truck/engine sounds. But as a three year old he has a limited vocabulary so probably describing even buzzing sounds as engine

This is a really stupid, irresponsible post. It’s not one of the top eight symptoms listed on the NHS site. What’s the point of terrifying OP like that?

Op, it sounds as if your ds is really sensitive to noise and has the hearing of a bat!

I hope your GP visit goes well and the GP can reassure you.

Poor you, there’s nothing worse than feeling terrified of the unknown. I think it would be very unlikely to be a brain tumour and highly likely that he’s just very sensitive to sounds. My son is much more sensitive to sounds than my daughter is and often comments on noises that I don’t even notice.
They do loop ear plugs for children, probably difficult to tolerate as such a young age but might be helpful to reduce any distress for him.

How did the appointment go OP?

Doctor thinks he’s just very sensitive to sounds and apparently it’s common at this age. He checked his eyes, ears etc and said he couldn’t see anything wrong. he asked if I wanted an audiologist to see him and I said yes just to check. He said he’ll make a referral as might be fluid build up behind ear that he can’t see.

That is really reassuring OP. I hope you feel more relaxed about it now x

Some people are more sensitive to sound (I can hear the electric cat deterrents that most can’t hear) and I have awful ti it is too.
you also need to take into account your age differntce (and likely difference in ability to hear certain frequencies) abc his age (what’s he’s describing might be actually a lack of vocabulary?)

Id ask him to try to describe the noise and perhaps try out different noises at different frequencies to see if he’s calling a noise something completely different than the word that people with an average lexicon would call it.